Table 1 Maternity service leaders, clinicians, and Aboriginal health workers
Personnel | Role/s in maternity services relevant to MOHMQuit |
|---|---|
Maternity service leaders | Defined as maternity service leaders who support or supervise clinicians providing antenatal care at each site, its catchment and associated services. These include clinical midwifery consultants, maternity unit managers, clinical midwifery educators, clinical midwifery specialists, clinic coordinators, obstetric leads and others in leadership positions (these may vary slightly by site). |
Clinical midwifery educators | Clinical midwifery educators are experienced midwives who undertake additional roles to maintain and advance the clinical practices of maternity care clinicians, working within professional development frameworks to support ongoing education [42, 43]. Midwifery educators play crucial roles in the quality and safety advancement of health services, helping to ensure safe practices are maintained and required clinical competencies are achieved [42]. |
Maternity care clinicians | All midwives, obstetricians and obstetric trainees providing antenatal care. |
Aboriginal health workers | All Aboriginal health workers who provide antenatal care. Aboriginal health workers are primary health care workers who provide clinical and primary health care, supporting women independently or with other maternity care clinicians to ensure the provision of culturally safe maternity care [44, 45]. |